overweight on a straight truck any ideas?

That's why doing "favors" for dispatchers will f--k other drivers. The other driver will move ILLEGAL loads and the guys who don't will get screwed. I feel sorry for you. The other driver should be talked to by you and the other drivers. His kiss ### ways are forcing you into bad situations. Don't believe the hype some of these guys run about being there for their dispatch, never saying "NO" to them. Stick to your guns. If you can't scale it legal, it shouldn't be loaded.

 

Yeah, Here's the absolute best thing to do. Load it, and tell the boss where to park it. Then find a real driving job. This company isn't worth the time or sweat there costing you. Run don't walk.

I guarentee you that when a problem arises like an accident or death, they will say " We told not to load that over legal". And sell you like a cheep suit.

 

Are you sure the truck only has a 12K front axle? It is running oversize tires on front as if there was a 17 or 20k axle there. The specs whould be on the door jam as to each axle weight rating. If you have the big axle, the local cops may be wrong, and you will need to show the law the sticker with the rating.

 

Still shouldn't destroy the tires in only 4000 miles.

 

First double post ever, yay! Stupid gateway timeout.

 

Try turning the machine around so the heavy end is on the back. I also agree that with the big tires you probably have a 20 k front axel ,if the rating is not on the door sticker check the center of the axel ,should be a metal tag on it

 

Try putting the weight on the drives instead the front. Anytime you increase the weight on the drives, the steers decrease.
If you are hauling one boom favor the rear. If you are hauling two, put the lighter one in front. I assume you are chaining everything down?

 

Makes sense unless the boom hangs so far off that you have to have it hanging off the rear or the machine won't fit on the bed. Pictures would help.